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Title: !Fishes 2

Description: Development: In egg and Hatching

Total Flash Cards: 6

Created: 11/10/2009 20:10:08

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In the egg
 Definition
standard vertebrate cleavage
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Initial Hatching
 Definition
softening of chorion: enzymes secreted by mouth or head of embryo
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How long?
 Definition
temperature dependence; diapause of some species
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Hatching trigger?
 Definition
can be triggered by external events (flooding of intertidal eggs in Fundulus)
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Short Incubation of eggs
 Definition
tropical reef fish, ca 12 hrs
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Long Incubation of eggs
 Definition
trout and salmon, up to 6 months in gravel; egg cases of elasmobranchs